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Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

10 reviews

caitlinjadams's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

It’s a testament only to how busy my work week was that I didn’t finish this book in two days tops. I never wanted to put it down—I kept getting more and more pulled into the story. Both the mystery and the sci-fi were firing and I enjoyed the underpinning of person-to-person connections and small worldedness. The final act felt rushed and that’s the only reason this wasn’t five stars for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Cancer

military, insects, sacrifice ritual, death in space

mademoisellemonalisa's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Violence, and Murder

bugaboobear's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I was excited by the premise of this book but the execution let me down. 

The human characters were enjoyable, but there was SO much hopping between present and background for each character. It was disorienting to have no paragraph breaks or anything to let you know you're in a time jump.

The aliens were the biggest let down. There were a lot of reused tropes and the alien races all felt like things I'd seen before. They weren't fleshed out and it really felt like a story about a bunch of humans with the aliens as mostly colorful background. I wasn't very invested in the mystery either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: War, Cancer, Child abuse, Racism, and Death of parent

schnaucl's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed this book.  The characters and the setting were both very interesting, the aliens were actually very alien.  

I really hope there are more books in this series

though I wonder how it will work if the station is running at normal capacity since it seems like maybe the station would know immediately who the murderer is.  Though the second epilogue suggests not, but not why the station wouldn't know since she was able to piece things together after she had a compatible host.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Death

quiet_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Murder and Transphobia

local_hat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely did not go where I expected it to. And there were so many satisfying "oh SHIT" moments. Really excellent. It very much starts slow, and you catch yourself wondering why so much of the stuff that's in there is in there, and then the last third is SO fast, and so much "oh MY GOD!!" as the pieces start falling.  It will be very interesting to see where the next book goes.

Also I very intensely love the cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Racism, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Murder, and Medical content

pvbobrien's review

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, and Car accident

huntress's review

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Fatphobia, Death, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Medical content

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

A fantastic concept that gets messy in execution. Still a fun read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, and Medical content

wanderonwards's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for sending me a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. 

 

Station Eternity was such a fun read! I thoroughly enjoyed this spin on murder mysteries with aliens on a sentient space station. I loved the sci-fi setting, the characters quickly grew on me, and I liked how layers were added to the mystery as the plot progressed. 

 

My only complaint was with the pacing: each time something major happened and the plot felt like it was picking up, the story was interrupted with another POV - usually with backstory in the form of a flashback. While I did enjoy these chapters (and there was a heck of a lot of world building to accomplish that needed these chapters), they did detract from the overall pace and might have benefited from better chapter markers (such as “then” and “now”). 

 

I think I will enjoy future books in the series, and I can’t wait to see what happens next! Thank you again to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the opportunity to review an ARC. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use